The Fountain

There are only two ways people will react to this movie. Some people may react like this:

What the Fuck? 0_0

Others will react like this:

How the fuck? 0_0

No I'm kidding. But there will be people like that. The Fountain is to me an amazing movie that I admit at times I was thinking WTF and later HTF but I am going to label it arthouse so it gets away with things like that. The plot is honestly at times hard to follow because it is three very different stories intertwined with each other. And when I tried to watch it a second time so I could clarify plot lines I kept being easily distracted as if I didn't want to. So far I've been giving the film negative comments but if you look aside all of that you'll understand that I'm saying this is a beautiful film of love, life and death artistically instead of conveniently depicted in the form of a 1000 year old odyssey starring Hugh Jackman presenting some fine moments in the film.

My attempt of explaining the plot is this. The three stories consist of a neural surgeon(Jackman) trying to find a cure to brain tumors for his wife who is indeed suffering of a rapidly growing tumor herself. During this his wife is writing a book entitled The Fountain about a spanish conquistador(Also Jackman) on a quest to find the Tree of Life. During all this, and this is the element that will throw people off, is an anonymous man (again Jackman) floating upwards in a nebula that the surgeon and his wife have seen. If you are willing to go past the fact that this film has some very eccentric qualities you will certainly enjoy the skilled acting from all the actors and the innovative ways in which the director has placed this movie.

Taking all this into account I am giving it a 7 out of 10 because though the acting was stunning and there is a particular scene in the bathroom that I thought was genius (see if you can pick it out) the plot just wasn't quite connected and the ending seemed to be too conclusive. Not Hugh Jackman's best work but still a great film.

The Bourne Identity

Well it's not one of the movies that are on my "get-around-to-it-sometime-like-now" list but my little brother requested it so I thought why not?

Well I don't need to explain much do I? Matt Damon (considerably sexy) plays Jason Bourne, a man found in the ocean with bullets in his back, his bank account number in his hip and no memory whatsoever. 

Some people say it's just another action movie helping some stupid hollywood somebody make millions but I say their no fun. It was a naturally good movie to watch and it actually had less action and violence then I expected. There were heart-felt moments where Damon showcased some real acting talent. 

I love the idea of a amnesia-suffering assassin slowly gaining his memories and discovering he doesn't like the person he once was. I mean I know it's very cliche' but what are you suppose to do? There's no way anyone would make a movie about a amnesia-suffering assassin who slowly remembers his past and loves it so goes on killing people and living the immoral life. Then again perhaps someone should just to shake things up but that's not what this review is about.

So yeah I liked it. It honestly surprised me. The only thing that bummed me out was the sappy ending. I mean if she was on the run then how would he find her? And in real life I'd think the girl would be crapping herself. The wanted assassin is back and yes he's cute but he's a wanted man. But it's a movie and it gets away with being unrealistic to a certain degree because it's a action movie respectively.

Over all I'd say it's a decent film, anybody can watch it and Matt Damon does a kick-ass job. What sucks is now I've done the first one I have to do the second and third so you'll be seeing those sometime soon I hope. So 7 out of 10. A good movie but not so amazing that you must see it.